Bottle-washing machine.



W. L. BODMAN.

BOTTLE WASHING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1909.

966,404, Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

W. L. BODMAN. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1909.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

W. L. BODMAN. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1909.

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WALTER L. BODMAN, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO ISAAC RHEINSTROM,

. OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

Application filed March 20, 1909. Serial No. 484,695.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER L. BODMAN, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britain, residing at Oovington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, having invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Washing Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a bottle washing machine.

One of the objects of my invention is to produce a power driven machine of simple construction which will wash the bottles by injecting a stream of water into the bottles while they are traveling upon a suitable carr1er.

Another objecttof the invention is to support the bottles on a carrier, mouth downward, and at an angle to the vertical and horizontal planes, so that the stream of water may enter and leave the bottle in the most eflicient manner. I have found that by washing the bottles while supported in this position, the stream of water enters the mouth at one point and leaves at another, so that the entering and leaving streams do not exert counter influences. In this manner I-get a steady stream of water through the bottles subjecting them to a maximum washing action during a given period.

referably, this machine works in conjunction with a soaking machine, filed October 14, 1908, Serial No. 457,697, and therefore another object of this invention is to produce a mechanical organization readily adapted to this conjunctive use with the soaker. T

Another object of the invention is to provide the carrier with bottle holders adapted to automatically receive the bottles as delivered seriall from the soaker without manual handhng, and without danger of breakage, and to automatically deliver the bottles serially after the washing operation. In the accomplishment of this function also the angular positioning of the holders is a materially useful feature.

Another object of the invention is to provide a separable or hinged form of bottle holder with means to automatically open and close the holders at proper intervals to receive and dischargethe bottles.

Other objects of my invention relate to the provision of improved and simple structure with a. mechanical organization as an entirety adapting it to most efliciently and con veniently perform its various offices.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fi 3 is an elevation of a structural portion 0 the device. Fig. 4 is a detail sec tional view on line 0., a, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of two of the water jets. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on line 1), 12, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of the holders.

The machine is preferably sup orted on a pedestal 1, from which is central y projected the upright post 2. Specifically, this post is preferably made of the separate sections 2*, 2*, 2, the section 2 is a bronze fitting as it constitutes a valve part.

3 represents a sleeve on the post 2, having an annular basin 4 thereon.

5 represents a sleeve rotatabl mounted on the upper end of post 2 for 1101 ing the rotatable bottle carrier member 6. v

The driving mechanism is mounted on a sleeve bracket 8 at the upper end of post 2. This drivingmechanism comprises preferably a motor 9, having a gear 10 on the armature shaft, a shaft 11 journaled in bearings 12, and having on one end a gear 13, meshing with gear 10. On the other end of shaft 11 is a gear 13 meshing with a gear 14 on the end of a worm shaft 15. 16* is a worm wheel fixed on sleeve 5, driven by the worm 16 of the shaft 15. This means of mounting the motor on the central post of the washer is a very simple and desirable form of direct drive. A i

17 represents a water supply pipe communicating with a vertical water condult 18 formed inthe sections 2*, 2", of the post 2. The upper end of this conduit 18 is enlarged to form a water supply chamber 19 in the section 2", see Fig. 4:. This chamber 1s of segmental form and may be larger or smaller so as to supply simultaneously two or more of the radiating water tubes, as deslred.

20 represents the water tubes radiating from the sleeve 5, the inner ends of which serially re ister with the port of the chamber 19 as t 1e sleeve is rotated on the section post 2". The outer end of each tube carries a water nozzle 21, see Fig. 6, inclined to the horizontal so as to be alined substantially with the axes of the bottles in the position in which they are supported by their holders. Preferably, each one of the tubes 20, carries two of the nozzles 21.

6 represents a rotatable carrier member formed on the lower end of sleeve 5, the outer periphery of which forms the support for the outer ends of tubes 20. This member 6 also carries an annular series of uprlght pins 23 for supporting the bottle holder.

24 represents one of the bottle holders and it is provided at its lower end. with a bracket 25 preferably formed with two sleeves 26, which en age over two of the pins 23; in the preferred form each pin supportmg l1nk-like the sleeves of two adjacent brackets. The bottle holders 24 are preferably of hopper-like construction, the mouths being wide and the lower ends constricted so as to engage and hold the neck of the bottles. When these brackets are in position on the pins, each holder has the inclined position, indicated in Fig. 7. Preferably, the

' holder is a separable element being divisible onthe line 27 parallel with the longitudinal axis of the holder. The sections 28 and 29 'are preferably hinged at the top by means of the pivot 30, the upper section 28 being stationary and the lower section 29 swinging on sa d pivot. The upturned end of the basin 4 1S inclined to form a flange 31, engagmg the under surfaces of the holder sections 29, at their lower ends, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 7. This flange at one point in its peri hery has the a rupt depression indicate at 32, Fig. 1, at which point the holder sections 29 dro to open the holders and discharge the bottes, as shown in Fi 1. From this position the incline 33 is ormed for slowly returning the hinged section of the holder to closed position preparatory to receiving bottles.

I preferably provide a top hood 34 to screen the working mechanism from the water splashing.

The operation of the device is readily understood from this description, but briefl the bottles are serially received by the holders, the bottles sliding into position in'the closed holders, occupying an inclined position to the horizontal with their mouths substantially registering with the nozzles 21. As the tubes pass the supply chamber 19, the water s njected from the nozzles into the bottles with considerable force, striking the bottoms of the bottles and flowing film-like down the inner sides of the bottles and leavlng at the outer periphery of the mouth. A s'the stream enters substantially centrally and leaves peripherally there are no counter currents. As many bottles can be washed at the same time as will be found desirable. After the bottles have left their washing zone they arrive at the discharging point and are serially released by the automatic opening of the lower ends of the bottle holders. The bottles are caught by the holders as they are dropped from the soaker and they are supported in an inverted, inclined position, the stream of water being injected upwardly into the bottles for washing.

\Vhen the holders open at their lower ends,

the bottles easil being discharge downwardly and caught in any suitable receptacle.

Having described my 1nvention,I claim slide out of the holders,

1. In a bottle washer, a carrier, a series of bottle holders thereon, adapted to support the bottles in an inverted position, and means for automatically dropping the bottles vertically from the-holders at a point in the path of movement of the carrier.

2. In a bot-tle washer, a. carrier rotating in a horizontal plane, a series of bot-. tle holders supported at an angle to the horizontal, each composed of separable members hinged together at their upper ends and adapted to hold a bottle when closed, and a cam en aging the lower endcof the hinged member or opening and closing the lower end of the holder when the carrier is in motion for automatically receiving and dischargin a bottle. 3. In a ttle washer, .a carrier, a series of bottle holders thereon, adapted to support the bottles in an invertedposition for washing, and means for automatically moving the supporting portion of the bottle holders during the movement of the carrier for discharging the bottles by gravity from the holders. 4. In a bottle washing machine, a rotatable carrier, an annular series of bottle holders thereon, adapted to catch the bottles in inverted position and support them at an,

angle, means for injecti a stream of water upwardly into said bott es, and means for automatically discharging the bottles endwise and downwardly from said holders after the washin operation. i 5. In a bott e washing machine, a rotatable carrier, a bottle holder'thereon com-, posed of sections hinged at the top and adapted when closed to support a bottle in inverted position, and means. actuated during the rotation of the carrier to open up said sectional bottle holder atthe bottom to discharge the bottle endwise downwardly, said means also being adapted to close the said holder. 1

6. In a bottle washing machine, a rotatable carrier, an annular series of bottle holders thereon, each composed of sections ed position and'at an angle between the horieeaece zontal and vertical plane, means for injecting a stream of water upwardly in said bottle so sup orted, and means automatically actuated uring the rotation of the carrier to 0 en and close said hingedsections of the hold ers to automatically discharge the bottles endwise and downwardly from the machine.

7. In a bottle washing machine, an incIined hopper-like -bottle holder composed of sections hinged together at the top, and means for automatically swinging, said hinged sections to 0 en and closed position.

8. In a bottle washing machine, a central rigid support, a rotatable carrier on said support, an annular series of bottle holders on said carrier angularly inclined, each composed of sections hinged together, means for injecting a stream of water into the inverted and inclined bottles, and means projected from the'fixed support and engaging the hinged bottle holder sections, whereby said holders are adapted to open and close during the rotation of the carrie 9. In a bottle washing machine, a central rigid support, a rotatable carrier thereon, an annular series of pins on the carrier, an annular series of inclined bottle holders mounted on the pins, each holder composed of hinged sections adapted when closed to support a bottle in inverted inclined position, means for injecting a stream of water upwardly into said inclined bottles, and a cam on the ri id supporten aging the hinged sections of t e bottle hol ers and causing them to open and close when the carrier 1s rotated.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

WALTER L. BODMAN.

Witnesses:

OLIVER B. KAISER, ROBERT GRAF. 

